Canteen and lunch-box



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KAr'HRiN THOMAN, or QLEVELAND, oHIo.

CANTI-:EN AND LUNCH-Box.

Specilicatiou il'ormin purtof Letters Patent No. 52,468, dated February 6, 1866.

in the yiews.

My improvement relates to a portable heater and canteen combined, which may be used for the purpose of carrying warm or cold drinks or provisions, and for the purpose ot' warming, the feet, and can also be used as a remedial agent where warm or hot applications are required. v

A represents'the heater or ease, or an oblong oral form, (represented in the drawings,) which may be ot` any other desired conguration, and is made ot'vtin, copper, or any suitua-ble material'. This heater can be used as a canteen by having a strap attached to the handles B B and hung` over the shoulders for carrying either warm or cold drinks. These handles B B areattached to each end ot' the case,which are very convenient in carrying, particularly when the case is filled with hot water-for any desirable purpose.

- rlhere is ay screw, G, seen at the side ot` the case, but which canv be'put in any part as desired. ln lling this case the screw is to be vtaken out. The handle C attached to the 'screw can be used to aid in carryine.

vVhen it is desired to heat or keep warml provisions Vthey are put into the chamber or cavity D, (seen in Fig. 2,) ot' which there may be one or more, and the water surrounding this chamber on both sides and bottom, and

lwhich is in the case, will heat the chamber,

thus warming the food, the cover D keeping' the heat from passing,` out.

The heater can be used as a remedialagent by lapplying it externally, when warm, tothe.

. parts affected, for n larinimtl,f the feet' or hands 'and also 'for warri'g b'ds.

- l Wll the case 1s filled with hot water it is too warm to handle,

then the handles B B can be used, which aref:

very convenient for this purpose.

A of the heateryhich isa partot The arrangement ofthe chamber D,with its cover, and the recess or depression A', in

combination with the heater or case A and..

screw C, constructed as and for the purposes set forth.

KATHRIN THOMAN.

Witnesses W. H. BURRmGE, AUGUST RAAB.

itdepresse@l can be used for several purposes, as a plattej' on which food can be put to be keptwarin, or 

